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Job description
REWARD Legal Associate
Location: London / Belfast
About Us
At Reward, our business sits firmly in the fin-tech market where we have close relations with national and international financial giants and industry leaders. With our diverse range of projects, we strive to combine the best talent across disciplines such as Engineering, Architecture, Design and Product Strategy with cutting edge technology. Our goals are ambitious, and the pace is quick and so we recruit people who are not afraid to challenge the status quo and can help us achieve our mission of delivering the best loyalty programmes in the world around the world.
The Role
We are looking for a dynamic, driven and experienced lawyer to join Reward’s Legal Department and work closely with the Group General Counsel to support and meet the legal needs of the Reward Group. This is a high impact, collaborative and commercially focused role, so it is critical that this role holder understands and balances the priorities of all the relevant stakeholders in-line with the business’ strategy and key objectives. A risk-based mindset able to succinctly identify critical areas of concern and construct legally compliant, commercially viable solutions is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, evaluate & negotiate contracts for a wide range of partner and client agreements across the globe including but not limited to: NDAs, heads of terms/letters of intent, banking agreements, retailer agreements, licensing agreements, publisher agreements, Ts&Cs etc.
- Support sales and business development teams to bring on new partners using existing templates and resources and support the contractual process from inception to conclusion
- Work with product, operations and tech teams to understand Reward’s products and offerings
- Identifying risk, areas of concern, and ensuring contracts are commercially sound
- Maintain the Legal Department’s data room of contracts and legal documents and prepare executive summaries of contracts
- Providing ad-hoc legal advice as required
Required Expertise, Experience & Key Skills
- U.K. qualified lawyer with 3+ years PQE as a lawyer or legal executive, ideally a combination of law firm and in-house experience
- Experience of reviewing and drafting contracts, ideally within the fintech or payments industry. Experience dealing with global/overseas contracts would be an advantage
- Strong understanding of data protection and privacy laws
- Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, capacity for growth and for reorientation.
- Drive and determination to deliver outstanding results as the company grows
- Excellent drafting skills and an ability to explain legal concepts in plain English
- Confident and calm under pressure, adaptive to changes, with a positive can-do attitude, demonstrating resilience in navigating changes, objections and escalations
- Exceptional academic credentials. Demonstrated analytic and writing skills.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to manage both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, combined with strong negotiation and analytic abilities.
The Benefits
- 25 days annual leave increasing by one day a year to 30 days (plus public holidays)
- Company holiday between Christmas & New Year (extra 3 days)
- Pension with Hargreaves Lansdown – 4% matched contribution
- Private healthcare with Vitality for yourself and any nominated dependents
- Early finish on the last Friday of the month (3pm)
- Ability to buy and sell holiday days as well as the ability to bank days (tenure dependent)
- Cashback/discount shopping site (Perks at Work)
- Flexible working options – we are operating a hybrid working model from our London office (to be agreed with your manager)
- Variety of social events throughout the year such as Christmas party, company away day, movie nights, beer and pizza nights to name but a few
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £70,000.00-£85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
